Show or Hide Lock Screen Background Image on Sign-in Screen

By default, the lock screen background picture is shown on the sign-in screen when you leave your lock screen. If you don't like it to show, you can hide the background image. This is a guide on how to enable or disable the sign-in screen background image for all users in Windows 10.

How to show or hide lock screen background image on the sign-in screen:

• Option 1: Enable or disable sign-in background image in Settings
• Option 2: Hide or show sign-in background image via Registry Editor

How to Enable or Disable Lock Screen Background Image on Sign-in Screen

If you have updated your computer to the latest Anniversary update, use these steps to enable or disable lock screen background image on the sign-in screen. It is the easiest way to do that.

Step 1: Open Settings app, then click the Personalization icon.

Step 2: Click the Lock screen tab on the left-hand side. On the right-hand side, scroll down to Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen option, turn on or off for what you want.

Step 3: Press Windows Key + L to lock your PC and check. You don't have to reboot the computer.

Step 2: When the Registry Editor opens, head to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsSystem

Step 3: Right-click the Windows folder, then click New > Key. Name this new key as System. On the right pane of System, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name it with DisableLogonBackgroundImage.

Step 4: Then double-click this new value and change the Value data to 0 or leave it empty. Then click OK.

0 or delete = enable to show sign-in background screen

Tips: If you ever want to reverse this change and hide sign-in background image, navigate back to the DisableLogonBackgroundImage key and change the value to 1.

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